National Report on Higher Education Documents State’s Shrinking Support for Public Colleges
Cutting funding boosts tuition, reduces course offerings, and — according to one expert — can deter businesses from moving…
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Public colleges rely more on tuition and fees as public funding ebbs
By Patricia Alex, Staff Writer. The Record. The sluggish economy has accelerated a shift in how higher education is…
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Essex County College President Edythe Abdullah leaving for new job after three controversial years
By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger NEWARK — Essex County College President Edythe Abdullah announced today she will step down…
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Raritan Valley Community College President to resign, become head of upstate N.Y. college
By Bill Wichert/The Star-Ledger BRANCHBURG — After a nearly seven-year stretch as president of Raritan Valley Community College, Casey…
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New Jersey Higher Education Funding Increase Needed to Offset Cuts
State’s largest highest education union agrees with report’s call for increase in support EDISON…New Jersey needs to invest in…
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March College Council Voice: Sabbaticals and 2012 recap
Sabbaticals…1 Tumultuous 2012 and Renewal…2 National Coaliton of 100 Black Women Honors Faye Robinson-Rowan Librarian…4 The Little Local that…
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Rutgers-UMDNJ merger gets key approval
By Kelly Heyboer/ The Star-Ledger NEW BRUNSWICK — Rutgers University’s accrediting agency will announce later this week that it…
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Adjuncts on File
By Carl Straumsheim New Jersey’s community colleges will this year consolidate how they hire and train non-tenure-track instructors, but…
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Rutgers President Unveils University’s First Strategic Plan in 18 Years
Barchi promises not to go it alone, instead soliciting stakeholder input every step of the way By Tara Nurin…
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Comments needed: Don’t let colleges use the ACA to abuse contingent faculty
[…] The AFT plans to comment again, urging Treasury to stay true to the spirit of the Affordable Care…
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Student Debt Tripled in Eight Years
By Natasha Lennard A new report from the New York Fed shows the explosion of total student loan debt,…
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Sequestration Presents Uncertain Outlook for Students, Researchers, and Job-Seekers
By Allie Bidwell, Washington As the midnight-Thursday deadline came and went, steep federal spending cuts were set in motion,…
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